Tiruvadanai (state assembly constituency)

Tiruvadanai
Tiruvadanai
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
Total electors	291,236
Most successful party	INC (6 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	R. M. Karumanikam
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2021

Tiruvadanai is a state assembly constituency in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.^[1] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Madras State[]

Year	Winner
1952	Chelladurai	Independent
1957	KR. RM. Kariya Manickam Ambalam	Independent
1962	KR. RM. Kariya Manickam Ambalam	Swatantra Party
1967	KR. RM. Kariya Manickam Ambalam	Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	KR. RM. Kariya Manickam Ambalam	Indian National Congress
1980		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984		Indian National Congress
1989	K.R.Ramasamy Ambalam	Indian National Congress
1991	K.R.Ramasamy Ambalam	Indian National Congress
1996	K.R.Ramasamy Ambalam	Tamil Maanila Congress
2001	K.R.Ramasamy Ambalam	Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	K.R.Ramasamy Ambalam	Indian National Congress
2011	Suba. Thangavelan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	Karunas	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	^[2]	Indian National Congress

Election Results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			39.33%
2016			41.14%
2011			41.11%
2006			46.94%
2001			39.12%
1996			61.77%
1991			62.92%
1989			35.56%
1984			47.80%
1980			37.96%
1977			36.75%
1971			54.32%
1967			52.21%
1962			59.88%
1957			30.50%

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. M. Karumanikam	79,364	39.33%
	AIADMK	Kc. Animuthu	65,512	32.46%	-8.68%
	AMMK	V. D. N. Anandh B. E. .	33,426	16.56%
	NTK	Jawahar	16,501	8.18%	6.17%
	MNM	P. Sathyaraj	2,208	1.09%
	NOTA	Nota	768	0.38%	-0.12%
	NCP	Anbubagurudeen N	629	0.31%
	BSP	A. Ramalingam	610	0.30%
	Independent	K. Perumal	522	0.26%
	Independent	C. Manikandan	410	0.20%
	MIDP	S. Anantharaj	399	0.20%
Margin of victory			13,852	6.86%	2.20%
Turnout			201,815	69.30%	1.09%
Registered electors			291,236
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.81%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Karunas	76,786	41.14%
	DMK	Thivakaran. S. P	68,090	36.48%	-4.63%
	BJP	Dhevanathan Yadav. T	11,842	6.34%	4.02%
		John Pandian . B	9,597	5.14%
	DMDK	Manimaran. V	4,913	2.63%	-37.89%
	SDPI	Mohamed Shariff Sate	4,728	2.53%
	NTK	Rajiv Gandhi. R	3,739	2.00%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	939	0.50%
	NCP	Anbu Bagurudeen. N	785	0.42%
	Independent	Nagendran. K	690	0.37%
	Independent	B. Sikkandhar	628	0.34%
Margin of victory			8,696	4.66%	4.07%
Turnout			186,649	68.21%	-3.40%
Registered electors			273,644
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.03%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Suba Thangavelan	64,165	41.11%
	DMDK	Mujupur Rahman S	63,238	40.52%	35.34%
	Independent	Pandivelu U	6,667	4.27%
	IDP	Paulin Tharsis	3,919	2.51%
	JMM	Karuppaiah U	3,871	2.48%
	BJP	Mahalingam Siva	3,632	2.33%	0.57%
	Independent	Selvam R	2,201	1.41%
	Independent	Balakrishnan S S	1,448	0.93%
	Independent	Kasbar V	1,390	0.89%
	Independent	Shahul Hameed V	1,252	0.80%
	BSP	Senthil Ramu M	986	0.63%	-0.63%
Margin of victory			927	0.59%	-3.87%
Turnout			217,955	71.61%	5.89%
Registered electors			156,072
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-5.82%

2006[]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramasamy. K. R	55,198	46.94%
	AIADMK	Animuthu. C	49,945	42.47%
	DMDK	Thiruvengadam. P	6,091	5.18%
	BJP	Erulaiya. S	2,064	1.76%
	BSP	Subramanian. K	1,485	1.26%
	Independent	Liyakath Ali. R	1,444	1.23%
	Independent	Rowthar Nainar Mohamed. A	739	0.63%
	SP	Siva. S	639	0.54%
Margin of victory			5,253	4.47%	2.40%
Turnout			117,605	65.71%	5.85%
Registered electors			178,964
	INC gain from TMC		Swing	7.82%

2001[]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	Ramasamy K. R.	43,536	39.12%	-22.65%
	Independent	Jones Russo	41,232	37.05%
		Rajendran S	22,392	20.12%
	MDMK	Mohamed Musthafa H	2,866	2.58%	-3.64%
	CPI(ML)L	Pandiyarajan D	751	0.67%
		Sekar K	517	0.46%
Margin of victory			2,304	2.07%	-44.05%
Turnout			111,294	59.86%	-1.33%
Registered electors			186,083
	TMC hold		Swing	-22.65%

1996[]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	Ramasamy. Kr.	68,837	61.77%
	INC	Sakthivel. D.	17,437	15.65%	-47.27%
	Independent	Karunanithi. V.	13,767	12.35%
	MDMK	Mangaleswaran. M.	6,926	6.22%
	PMK	Ramadoss. C.	2,697	2.42%
	Independent	Simson. A.	684	0.61%
	JP	Xavier. M.	383	0.34%
	Independent	Alagu. Kr.	260	0.23%
	Independent	Ramachandran. M.	219	0.20%
	Independent	Alagarsamy. P.	153	0.14%
	Independent	Chelladurai. Kr. S.	73	0.07%
Margin of victory			51,400	46.13%	16.89%
Turnout			111,436	61.20%	0.99%
Registered electors			189,680
	TMC gain from INC		Swing	-1.14%

1991[]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramasamy Ambalam	65,723	62.92%	27.36%
	JD	Sornalingam	35,187	33.68%
	Independent	Karuppiah	1,976	1.89%
	IPF	Namachivayam	1,005	0.96%
	Independent	Savariyar	309	0.30%
		Damotharan	261	0.25%
Margin of victory			30,536	29.23%	27.51%
Turnout			104,461	60.20%	-6.57%
Registered electors			180,875
	INC hold		Swing	27.36%

1989[]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Eramasamy Ambalam Kr.	38,161	35.56%	-12.24%
	DMK	Murugappan S.	36,311	33.84%
	Independent	Sornalignam K.	18,444	17.19%
	AIADMK	Thennavan M.	13,475	12.56%
	IFT	Nadarajan M.	275	0.26%
	Independent	Muthusamy V.	260	0.24%
	Independent	Alagu Kr.	240	0.22%
	Independent	Michael V.	148	0.14%
Margin of victory			1,850	1.72%	-17.17%
Turnout			107,314	66.78%	-5.68%
Registered electors			162,820
	INC hold		Swing	-12.24%

1984[]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sornalingam. K.	47,618	47.80%	12.03%
	Independent	Gnanaprakasam. M.	28,801	28.91%
	Independent	Maliappan. K.	18,835	18.91%
	Independent	Haja Najumuddn Mk.	3,574	3.59%
	Independent	Alagu Kr.	787	0.79%
Margin of victory			18,817	18.89%	16.70%
Turnout			99,615	72.46%	5.58%
Registered electors			146,152
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.84%

1980[]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Anguchamy. S.	34,392	37.96%	5.45%
	INC	Ramanathan Thevar. A. T. M.	32,406	35.77%	-0.98%
	Independent	Arumugam. N.	16,578	18.30%
	JP	Savarimuthu Udayari. S. M.	7,225	7.97%
Margin of victory			1,986	2.19%	-2.05%
Turnout			90,601	66.88%	-0.71%
Registered electors			136,737
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	1.21%

1977[]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC		32,386	36.75%
	AIADMK	S. Anguchamy	28,650	32.51%
	JP	S.W. Savarimuthi Udayair	16,126	18.30%
	DMK	Kamalam Sellathurai	10,964	12.44%	-41.88%
Margin of victory			3,736	4.24%	-5.12%
Turnout			88,126	67.60%	-6.51%
Registered electors			131,813
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-17.57%

1971[]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Pr. Shanmugham	40,417	54.32%
	SWA	K. R. Kariamanickam Ambalam	33,457	44.97%
	Independent	M. Somasundaram	527	0.71%
Margin of victory			6,960	9.35%	3.84%
Turnout			74,401	74.10%	-4.01%
Registered electors			105,818
	DMK gain from SWA		Swing	2.11%

1967[]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	K. Ambalam	37,556	52.21%
	INC	M. Arunachalam	33,587	46.69%	10.05%
	Independent	D. L. Nagasundaram	792	1.10%
Margin of victory			3,969	5.52%	-17.73%
Turnout			71,935	78.12%	6.51%
Registered electors			96,849
	SWA hold		Swing	-7.67%

1962[]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA		37,612	59.88%
	INC	S. Ramakrishna Thevar	23,011	36.64%	16.09%
	Independent	Ramanuja Josiar	2,187	3.48%
Margin of victory			14,601	23.25%	13.30%
Turnout			62,810	71.61%	17.98%
Registered electors			90,297
	SWA gain from Independent		Swing	29.38%

1957[]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Tiruvadanai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent		13,633	30.50%
	INC	S. Ramakrishnathevar	9,186	20.55%
	Independent	Vellayan	8,237	18.43%
	Independent	A. L. Pichaikuttiudayar	7,837	17.53%
	Independent	Natarasathvar	5,807	12.99%
Margin of victory			4,447	9.95%
Turnout			44,700	53.63%
Registered electors			83,346
	Independent win (new seat)

References[]

^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS22210.htm?ac=210

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[2] ttps://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS22210.htm?ac=210

[1]

[2]